Cemetery plot location: B-01-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | CJ 22308 |
| Surname: | HIRANO |
| Other names: | Tosaku |
| Plate name: | HIRANO, TOSAKU | AKA (Also Known As): | Rosaku HIRONO |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-01-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1868-09-25 |
| Place of birth: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer (Miner) |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-26 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married with 2 sons and 1 daughter |
| Next of kin: | Tamio HIRANO |
| Address of next of kin: | No18, Haizu, I-mura, Mitsuki-gari, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Takuichi HIRANO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shige HIRANO |
| Identification: | 4'10", 6 stone 7 lbs, yellow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After being transferred from New Caledonia, HIRANO was sent to Loveday on 28 February 1942. He was admitted to the 121 Australian General Hospital with dysphagia on 31 August 1944, and transferred to the 34 Australian Camp Hospital on 11 October 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Dysphagia |
| Date of death: | 1944-12-28 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-12-29 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | HIRANO’s grave plaque is engraved as age 68 at the time of his death, but according to his records, HIRANO died at the age of 76. |
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